Texas Woman Wins $1.2 Mill on $18 Bet That Included Kentucky Derby
CBS News, May 7, 2018, "Texas Woman Wins $1.2 Million on $18 Bet That Included Kentucky Derby"
An $18 bet paid off in a huge way for an Austin woman Saturday at Retana Park race track in Selma, Texas.
Margaret Reid walked away with a cool $1.2 million when "Justify" won the Kentucky Derby, reports CBS San Antonio affiliate KENS-TV.
Reid, who has been going to Retana for years with her friends told the station, "It was an amazing feeling, yes, that you won a really big, like a real big ticket. A mini-lotto if you will."
Reid won a "pick five," in which you have to pick the winner of five races in a row. That fifth race happened to be the Kentucky Derby...more..
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Ticket winner Margaret Reid, left, with Retana Park General Mgr. Bill Belcher
"Justify" Kentucky Derby Winner 2018.